"Jove, I should have thought you'd have had intelligence officers by the dozen down here!" "For some reason or other," Furley confided, "the affair has been handed over to the military authorities.

I have had a man down to see me this morning, and he has taken full particulars.

I don't know that they'll even worry you at all--until later on, at any rate." "Jove, that seems queer!" "Last night's happening was queer, for that matter," Furley continued.
"Their only chance, I suppose, of getting to the bottom of it is to lie doggo as far as possible.

It isn't like a police affair, you see.

They don't want witnesses and a court of justice.